Amalgamator



L. EDDLEBLUTE. Ore Amalgamator.

Patented Dec. 27. 1859.'

1U l I III Witnesses AM. PHOT0'LlTHO.CD.N,Y. (USBURNE'S PROCESS.)

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEI LUCIUS EDDLEBLUTE, OF GARDEN VALLEY, CLIFRI.

AMALGAMATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 26,576, dated December` 27, 1859;; 1:n

To all whom 'it may concern: a

Be it known that I, Lucius EDDLEBLUTE, of Garden Valley, in the countyof Eldorado and State of California, have invented a new and ImprovedAmalgainator; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which-Figure l represents a transverse vertical section of my invention. Fig.2 is a plan or top view of ditto.

Similar letters of reference in both views indicate corresponding parts.i

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand, make and use myinvention I will proceed to describe it. A y 1 My riflie is constructedout of two parts, the top, A, and the bottom part, B, the top beingfastened to the bottom part in such a manner that it can easily beremoved. The top is constructed with a series of slats, a, which formsharp edges toward the upper end of the riflle, and which are somewhatin clined toward the lower end, as clearly represented in Fig. l, of thedrawing, so that the water let on from the` sluice passes readilythrough the openings, between the slats, into the bottom part, B. Thetop is perfectly flat, while the bottom part has con siderable fall, andas it extends down to ward the outlet, it is gradually deepening, sothat any small stones that may pass through the slats in the top willhave a chance to escape without any danger of filling up the riftle.

The bottom part is furnished with a series of cross-bars, o, placed insuch relation to the openings between the slats in ther-top,

that the water strikes `their edges before reaching the mercury which ispouredfinto" n' the spaces between `the-cross-bars` in the bottom, asclearly represented in the/draw-` By this arrangement the menr'cury`prevented washing outfbythe force; of the current, andyet tit issuiiiciently agitated:` to

keep clear of dirt, `so that fthe gold carriedj down from thesliucelisjbrought in ilnme-v 1n E"501 My riiiies are constructed of castiron,

diate contact with the mercury.`

from 8 to 18 inches in length, and fromu12 to 24 inches in width, whichare the sizes of f the sliuceboxes generallyusedin thennnes,`

and by havingthem made in two partszit` is not lnecessary to go throughthe tedious y n operation of t panning out i a bucket,ornj' two full ofdirt every time you clean up,`

which mustbe done withlall other riiiies,I 1 by lifting off thetopthegold canbe emptied into a pan.

Riiiles constructed accordin `tolmy y vention not only catch more go dthan those ,n now in use but they also canbe operated with less labor.`a

What I claim asnew and desire "tosecure t by Letters Patent, is:

The combination ofthe bars (b) with l the inclined or beveledslatsf`(o;) andinclined"` top A, and bottom B, as shown, so that thewater has an easy access, and in its fall rst strikes the edges of thebars (b) andfthus i avoids the washing outvofthe quicksilver, "j l" fLucius EDDLEBLUTE; l

as set fort-h.

t IVitnesses: n

JOHN FUMETOR, C. BONNER.

